League Policies
- Cut and formatted evidence must be exchanged within the competition room via the evidence exchange chat and/or the file upload function and include a full citation according to Rule B.2.
- Providing only the link to a source does not meet this requirement, but the link may be included in the required citation.
- For any evidence read or summarized directly from a complete printed source, a photograph of the source’s title page or complete citation information must be made promptly available in addition to photographs of the page(s) marked according to rule B.3.Â
- The evidence exchange chat may be used to:
- Copy and paste evidence.
- Share links to evidence stored in cloud-based files (e.g., Google Docs). The document owner must ensure that document permissions are set for open access.
- Confirm receipt of verbally requested evidence.
- File upload may be used to upload documents.
- The recommended file types are .pdf or .jpg. Other acceptable formats include .doc, .docx, or .png.
- Debaters are responsible to ensure that they can download and open all of these file types on their device.
- Cut and formatted evidence must be exchanged within the competition room via the evidence exchange chat and/or the file upload function and include a full citation according to Rule B.2.